Ambrose Holowach was a Canadian businessman, soldier during World War II, member of the Canadian Parliament and member of the Alberta legislative assembly.
12 Facts About Ambrose Holowach
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Ambrose Holowach first ran for a seat in the House of Commons of Canada as a candidate of the Social Credit party in the 1949 federal election.
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Ambrose Holowach was defeated by Liberal candidate Albert Frederick Macdonald.
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Ambrose Holowach ran again in the 1953 federal election and this time defeated Macdonald.
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Ambrose Holowach remained an MP until Progressive Conservative candidate William Skoreyko defeated him in the 1958 federal election.
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Ambrose Holowach ran in the seven-member electoral district of Edmonton.
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Ambrose Holowach would have won a seat if his vote total had increased adequately through transfers conducted under STV, but he received fewer vote transfers than another SC candidate - Edgar Gerhart - who was elected instead of Holowach.
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Ambrose Holowach made another attempt at entering the Alberta Legislature after losing his seat in the House of Commons.
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Ambrose Holowach was elected in the Edmonton Centre district in the 1959 general election.
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At the 1971 election, Ambrose Holowach left the Edmonton Centre district and ran for re-election in the Edmonton-Highlands district.
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Ambrose Holowach lost to Progressive Conservative candidate David Thomas King.
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Ambrose Holowach ran against King again in the 1975 election but was again defeated.